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right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see the swollen napa river for themselves. it's big, the river project seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, but i think it's doing its job. reporter: upstream, about five miles north of town, some residents were no so leisurely as they watched the current rise. kohl is where the napa river is expected to go a foot aboveed in stage. >> could get wet on the property. i 1/2 natural drainage that runs threw the vineyards and the creek. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> in rutherford we found portions of vineyard underwater. erosion is a concern for grape growers. along main
right now the napa river is reaching is highest level in downtown napa. john alston is at veterans memorial park. reporter: napa river is expected to reach its peak level between now and 6:00. however, no flooding is expected in the city of napa. officials and residents are crediting a flood project that is still underway. the sign says flooded, and the vons memorial park was supposed to be closed to the public at a precaution, but that didn't stop people from bellying up to the railing to see...
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john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an agricultural area with few homes nearby. >> it's wet around the property. i have a natural drainage swell over the vineyards. hopefully i'll stay dry. >> we are were expecting more rainfall. we had two inches in napa and they were calling from three to seven. just waited nature works. sometimes she works and sometimes not. >> sandbags were not needed. >> we came in this morning. they said, hey, we're not sure what is going to happen. that is what we did. >> as the weather front passes, all the flood watches and warnings in effect today have now been cancelled. in napa, john alston, abc7 news. >> we get a little
john alston has the story from napa. >> napa river reached the people before 6:00 p.m. tonight. it stayed within the banks and nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to the recent flood control budget. >> i'm glad they engineered it correctly and it's working. >> it seems to be working. i was a big skeptic, yeah, think it's doing the job. >> the napa river was expected to grow a foot above flood stage which is five miles north of downtown. it's mainly an...
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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her garage door. >> it came all the way up to the edge of the garage and it only went in there when the people would drive by with their truck. >> they lived here for 22 years. she built this house with the main living quarters 20 feet above the street level because the river floods so often. she says at one point her daughter used this kayak to help a neighbor out of his flooded home. anthony white who lives up the street showed us how high it was on his shin. he said he was ready to get his family out as the water was rising. >> we were definitely ready to get out of her
the storm dropped plenty of water, but the napa river never flooded. it was projected to rise a foot. county officials credit a flood control project with keeping things under control. a few businesses had sandbags ready, but it turned out they weren't needed. the flood warning has also been canceled on the russian river. abc7 news reporter thomas roman has that part of the story. >> reporter: angie is cleaning up in front of her home. today's rain and rising russian river came up to her...
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nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend school. white hill middle took severe damage from the storm. >> reporter: good morning. cleanup crews just awried just beyond that administrators and outside -- consultants are meeting to decide their next steps, their first steps in the cleanup process exploring how to operate the school without an entire building. three big storms filled this little culvert behind white hill middle school causing extensive flooding over the weekend. >> we have four classrooms fairly filled with debris and mud. we'll need structural support along with our main administrative offices and our library. >> reporter: the building is
nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend...
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in napa there was flooding but it was not the deluge that residents feared. >> reporter: napa river preached its peak before 6 p.m. stayed within it banks, nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to recent flood control project. >> i'm thankful the engineers engineered correctly and it is working. >> big, wide, the project seems to be working. i was a skeptic, but i think it is doing its job. >> reporter: the river was expected to go a foot above flood stage five miles north of downtown, mainly an agricultural area with few homes nearby. >> i've got a natural drainage swell in the back of the property that runs through the vineyards over to the creek we'll find out hopefully i'll stay dry. >> we were expecting more rainfall, we had two inches in our yard in north napa they were calling for three to seven. i think that had a lot to do with it. the way nature works. >> reporter: a few businesses kept sandbags handy as a precaution but they were not needed. the sandbag operation is winding down. the flood watch in effect earlier has been cancelled many john alston, abc7 news. >>
in napa there was flooding but it was not the deluge that residents feared. >> reporter: napa river preached its peak before 6 p.m. stayed within it banks, nobody was flooded. officials and residents give credit to recent flood control project. >> i'm thankful the engineers engineered correctly and it is working. >> big, wide, the project seems to be working. i was a skeptic, but i think it is doing its job. >> reporter: the river was expected to go a foot above flood...
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than yesterday in san francisco half moon bay 23° and napa. system pulling away another system with high clouds ahead of it, over top of us now. that system coming in tomorrow and wednesday, until then, it going to be dry today, mainly cloudy in the morning, low to mid 40s partly sunny increasing sun, mid to upper 50s noon, 4:00 near 60, low 50s at 7:00, you will need a jacket rain will move into the north bay tomorrow morning spread across all of our neighborhoods through wednesday. >>> happy monday. northbound 87 through san jose past hp pavillion at the limit, nice drive this morning through san jose to the bay bridge a couple of cars stopped cash paying booths, otherwise no delays in san francisco, no metering lights upper deck looking good towards the s-curve into treasure island, mass transit no delays. larkspur ferry beautiful ride, all boats on time same with samtrans and vta. >>> 5:39. >>> city leaders may be ready to make major tweak to san francisco's controversial central subway project. the neighborhood that could be the last stop
than yesterday in san francisco half moon bay 23° and napa. system pulling away another system with high clouds ahead of it, over top of us now. that system coming in tomorrow and wednesday, until then, it going to be dry today, mainly cloudy in the morning, low to mid 40s partly sunny increasing sun, mid to upper 50s noon, 4:00 near 60, low 50s at 7:00, you will need a jacket rain will move into the north bay tomorrow morning spread across all of our neighborhoods through wednesday....
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nearly 16 inches in -- five-day total impressive, napa river at napa, flood stage getting up there then it made that quick sharp turn now we expect it to stay well below flood stage many st. helena, napa river there got close to flood stage then made an abrupt pull back. russian river is doing fine, close to areas of concern the yellow has made a sharp turn nothing to worry about there. half a mile, quarter mile or less visibility in san rafael, 45° for you where the fog is thickest. san francisco 50, most of us in the 40s this morning same around the monterey bay mid to upper 40s. high clouds and sun today, wet weather tomorrow and wednesday, extended period of dry weather that could last 10 to 14 days. high pressure winning now holding next system at bay overrun by high clouds, making for is up a beautiful sunrise this morning. i'll put them on facebook. here's a look at the rain tomorrow morning, mainly north bay, where it stays for the better part of the morning starts to make a trip to the south around noon into the 5:00 hour, hardly ever makes it into the south bay other night we
nearly 16 inches in -- five-day total impressive, napa river at napa, flood stage getting up there then it made that quick sharp turn now we expect it to stay well below flood stage many st. helena, napa river there got close to flood stage then made an abrupt pull back. russian river is doing fine, close to areas of concern the yellow has made a sharp turn nothing to worry about there. half a mile, quarter mile or less visibility in san rafael, 45° for you where the fog is thickest. san...
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i know i've seen a lot v improvements in the nav napa river. officials say that next storm way not be as worrisome as they thought. >> in napa, don nap, cps five. >> this is the way the river looked this morning. a viewer sent us this picture before the flood was listed. because of lag time between rainful and run off, getting to the river it's still expected to swell to just below flood stage overnight. >> bad weather usually means bad news for businesses but some of the north bay were determined to keep the money coming in. we have two reports, showing the business owner's per perseverence perseverence. >> everybody was on pinning and -- pins and needles. there were a lot of people watching. >> close to 13 feed -- feet almost to flood stage. >> when we woke up this morning, we were shocked by how hard it was raining. >> business owners around here have definitely been through this before, and this time, they weren't taking any chances. >> artists michael field man's gallery is just step it is away from the creek. the sign outside his door fro
i know i've seen a lot v improvements in the nav napa river. officials say that next storm way not be as worrisome as they thought. >> in napa, don nap, cps five. >> this is the way the river looked this morning. a viewer sent us this picture before the flood was listed. because of lag time between rainful and run off, getting to the river it's still expected to swell to just below flood stage overnight. >> bad weather usually means bad news for businesses but some of the...
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the napa river is still high but it did not overflow, don? >> reporter: that is the good news, right behind us we have been looking at it. cresting right now on the backside of the crest. it did not flood. why didn't it flood? some folks are saying it is because of the lull between the storms others are saying it is because of the flood control project. >> reporter: in the late afternoon sun, the napa river looks inviting enough for wildlife and canoes. rainstorms failed to bring the water within three feet of the banks. upriver there was minor flooding when the river rose half a foot above the stage. plenty of folks were concerned. employees 50 tons of sand in bags to protect their property. juan has been through 20 years of floods and he knows what to do. >> i used to believe sandbags did not work but they do. they work, flashlights, having everything ready, food, gas, have your cars gassed up. >> reporter: others put their faith in the not yet complete flood project. she has seen the napa flood all her life. >> i was not concerned. i know
the napa river is still high but it did not overflow, don? >> reporter: that is the good news, right behind us we have been looking at it. cresting right now on the backside of the crest. it did not flood. why didn't it flood? some folks are saying it is because of the lull between the storms others are saying it is because of the flood control project. >> reporter: in the late afternoon sun, the napa river looks inviting enough for wildlife and canoes. rainstorms failed to bring...
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we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property. juan has been through 20 years of floods and he knows what to do. >> i used to believe sandbags didn't work, but they do. they work, flashlights and just have everything ready, food and have your cars gassed up. >> others put their faith in the not yet complete flood control project that helps when runoff is high. jeannine has seen the napa flood all her life. >> no, i wasn't concerned. i know they've had a lot of improvements on the napa river in the last few years and i knew it would be a normal storm. >> reporter: city and county officials are saying they don't think t
we are in napa where precautions worked. >> reporter: that's right, ann. the river behind me is cresting but it is still within the banks. predictions were missed, but not by much; especially when it comes to floods. folks here are not too excited. the water level came close to 3- foot of the banks. up river at saint heleno there was minor flooding, about a half foot above stage but people were concerned, like the people who emptied 50 tons of sand over this lot to protect their property....
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. >> the napa river in downtown napa stayed within its banks after concerns the river would exceed flood stage this evening. they explain what kept the river from causing a bigger problem for the area. >> this is the pope street bridge. historic spot. and a spot for locals to watch the rain swollen. napa river. >> i think it is -- i think it it is going to flow out nicely and we will be fine by this afternoon. >> sharon graves watched this river flood before. confident it would not happen at this bridge today. but a few miles north, the napa river did escape its banks. >> it is flooded. it is flooded coming down deer park and silver ado and deer park where the peach trees are. >> several feet of water covered this orchard on deer park road. the river crept into vineyards as well. it was partially blocked. upriver, another 2 miles, lodi lane was chosed. most drivers -- closed. most drivers turned away. some did not. >> it looks like we got off pretty easy. we have some flooded vineyards and things like that. >> these are agricultural areas that typically flood. >> in downtown napa it was
. >> the napa river in downtown napa stayed within its banks after concerns the river would exceed flood stage this evening. they explain what kept the river from causing a bigger problem for the area. >> this is the pope street bridge. historic spot. and a spot for locals to watch the rain swollen. napa river. >> i think it is -- i think it it is going to flow out nicely and we will be fine by this afternoon. >> sharon graves watched this river flood before. confident...
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nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend school. white hill middle took severe damage from the storm. >> reporter: good morning. cleanup crews just awried just beyond that administrators and outside -- consultants are meeting to decide their next steps, their first steps in the cleanup process exploring how to operate the school without an entire building. three big storms filled this little culvert behind white hill middle school causing extensive flooding over the weekend. >> we have four classrooms fairly filled with debris and mud. we'll need structural support along with our main administrative offices and our library. >> reporter: the building is
nearly three inches south bay, nearly four oakland and san francisco more napa, fairfield, seven inches to nearly eight around san rafael and santa rosa that's why we are concerned about chance of rain especially north bay mountains up to 2 1/2 inch there is, inch and a half south by 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. we'll look at our rivers and see how they are doing when we come back. >>> hundreds of children in fairfax are waiting to find out when they will be able to attend...
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cecilia vega, abc news, napa. >>> all right. with that, everybody, here's your monday forecast now. showers from portland to seattle. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. foggy this morning from des moines to columbus. also some showers from northern missouri to green bay. and near record highs in the midwest, unseasonably warm for us on the east coast. come on, december. mild start. i love it. >> we'll take it though. >> yes, indeed. >> 60 in new york. 70, kansas city and chicago. also warm in the windy city there. 70s in the southeast. >>> dozens of people in southern new jersey will not be able to return home any time soon after a chemical spill from a derailed train. vinyl chloride was released into the air and into a nearby creek. federal investigators say the crews had reports of signal problems at the bridge weeks before that accident. inspectors were studying the problem the day before the crash. >>> investigators in japan think they may have found the cause of a deadly tunnel collapse. they say a bolt that was holding concrete panels to the tunnel ceiling may have rus
cecilia vega, abc news, napa. >>> all right. with that, everybody, here's your monday forecast now. showers from portland to seattle. snow in the cascades and northern rockies. foggy this morning from des moines to columbus. also some showers from northern missouri to green bay. and near record highs in the midwest, unseasonably warm for us on the east coast. come on, december. mild start. i love it. >> we'll take it though. >> yes, indeed. >> 60 in new york. 70,...
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. >>> this morning people who live in napa county are still keeping a close eye on the napa river but there is good news. the river is expected to stay below flood stage. still several feet of water are covering a peach orchard on deer park road. >> it looks like we got off pretty easy. we have some flooded vineyards and things like that. and just some washed out driveways. >> mount st. helena was one of the hardest hit areas with four inches of rain in 24 hours. >>> 2200 people still don't have power in the greater bay area. here are some of the litest numbers from pg&e. now the north bay and east bay have more than 600 customers still without power. south bay outages effecting 595 customers. in the santa cruz mountains 250 are still in the dark. peninsula and san francisco have no more than 50 outages each. >>> time now 5:02. less than a month to go now. it look like congress is no closer to keeping the nation from going over. timothy indict never says the -- geithner says the ball is now in the republicans court. >> think about this. if we gave the president $1.6 trillion of new mo
. >>> this morning people who live in napa county are still keeping a close eye on the napa river but there is good news. the river is expected to stay below flood stage. still several feet of water are covering a peach orchard on deer park road. >> it looks like we got off pretty easy. we have some flooded vineyards and things like that. and just some washed out driveways. >> mount st. helena was one of the hardest hit areas with four inches of rain in 24 hours....
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napa river -- rivers out there. napa river, expected to be 19 feet at 7:00 p.m. this evening. also an update on the russian river. russian river, water takes its time to get there. cresting tomorrow morning, but below flood stage. we have a break in the rain for tomorrow but i am tracking a weaker system for the five-day forecast. i will have that in a few minutes. >>> that wet weather made for treacherous driving conditions and led to a serious crash that sent three firefighters to the hospital. ktvu's ann rubin explains why they are begging drivers to slow down. >> reporter: it wasn't supposed to happen this way. but after firefighters arrived on this accident scene they ended up needing help. >> of the four, three were our employees. >> reporter: this after multiple accidents on highway 24. the first, a fender bender. the second a car swiping the fire truck. >> the third was a suv that lost control. clipped the back of a fire truck. over turned. hit three firefighters. and a civilian from a previous collision. >> reporter: the firefighters were standing on the shoulder in
napa river -- rivers out there. napa river, expected to be 19 feet at 7:00 p.m. this evening. also an update on the russian river. russian river, water takes its time to get there. cresting tomorrow morning, but below flood stage. we have a break in the rain for tomorrow but i am tracking a weaker system for the five-day forecast. i will have that in a few minutes. >>> that wet weather made for treacherous driving conditions and led to a serious crash that sent three firefighters to...
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low forties' for napa in vallejo. temperatures will continue to drop as we head in closer to sunrise. 51 in san francisco. mid 44 redwood city in san mateo. your afternoon highs look like upper 50s low 60s. it will be a cooler after known around the bay area. satellite and radar we will see in increase in a cloud cover through the course of today. into tomorrow we are tracking the potential for some rain. futurecast 4 set of 4:09 a.m. tuesday morning at lot of cloud cover light rain north of santa rosa. the system we are tracking to stay in to win state it is not a huge frame maker compared to what we saw this weekend. 12:00 p.m. tuesday some light rain for vallejo, napa, and fairfield. it is not until later tomorrow night we will start to see rain for the coast line, san francisco. picking up in intensity into the overnight hours. at 9:00 a.m. wednesday we could pick up water rain for parts of the bay area. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast is showing we have rain tuesday and wednesday, but overall at quiet w
low forties' for napa in vallejo. temperatures will continue to drop as we head in closer to sunrise. 51 in san francisco. mid 44 redwood city in san mateo. your afternoon highs look like upper 50s low 60s. it will be a cooler after known around the bay area. satellite and radar we will see in increase in a cloud cover through the course of today. into tomorrow we are tracking the potential for some rain. futurecast 4 set of 4:09 a.m. tuesday morning at lot of cloud cover light rain north of...
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of visibility over and napa up. i do have live coverage and this is not a lot to keep--into the afternoon ever run will be a rough 50 degrees dreadful let's take a look at the five day rainfall total. here are some really impressive amounts. >> downtown san francisco was set 4 in. and we did see a lot rain over the weekend. satellite and radar system and another assistant will increase throughout the course of the day and it will pick up overnight. we do have light rain for 9:00 a.m.. this will continue to drag as we head into lunchtime prayer ye. this will p in intensity over night and when people are sleeping about 9:00 a.m. on wednesday morning will be another messy one. you should allow dresser venture time for your wednesday morning commute. >> one day around the bay forecast is the showers for wednesday. there will be dry on thursday and we fall into a good weather pattern for the weekend. >> the commute at the bay bridge is not as bad as it looks. we are only looking at a 12 to 20 minted drive time. this is i
of visibility over and napa up. i do have live coverage and this is not a lot to keep--into the afternoon ever run will be a rough 50 degrees dreadful let's take a look at the five day rainfall total. here are some really impressive amounts. >> downtown san francisco was set 4 in. and we did see a lot rain over the weekend. satellite and radar system and another assistant will increase throughout the course of the day and it will pick up overnight. we do have light rain for 9:00 a.m.....
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residents still closely watching the napa river. but there is some good news this morning. the river is expected to stay below flood stage. several feet of water still cover a peach orchard. the water also flooded several roads and some vineyards. >>> and this morning the power is out for hundreds of people. in fact, 2200 people have no electricity around the bay area. here are the latest numbers we just got them in from pg&e. the north bay and east bay more than 600 customers have no electricity right now. south bay outages effecting about 595 customers. in the santa cruz mountains 250 have no electricity. the peninsula and san francisco have fewer than 50 power outages to report at this hour. you can go to ktvu.com our channel 2 website and our mobile apps you will get the latest on the weather at any time anywhere. >>> one local neighborhood is on high alert and the suspects are still on the loose after a deadly home invasion friday. ktvu janine de la vega has a look at the sketch police hope will lead them to an arrest. janine. >> reporter: pam, th morning police are co
residents still closely watching the napa river. but there is some good news this morning. the river is expected to stay below flood stage. several feet of water still cover a peach orchard. the water also flooded several roads and some vineyards. >>> and this morning the power is out for hundreds of people. in fact, 2200 people have no electricity around the bay area. here are the latest numbers we just got them in from pg&e. the north bay and east bay more than 600 customers have...
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residents in napa still county still closely watching the napa river. but there's good news -- the river is expected to stay below flood stage. several roads cover a peach orchard and several other vineyards were flooded. >> deer park, silverado, pretty flooded, where the peachtrees are. >> reporter: and st. helena, recorded almost 4 inches of rain in just 24 hours. the flood warning for the russian river has been canceled. forecasters say it will not jump over the banks near guerneville. sonoma county opened an emergency operations center just because of flooding after the daker it passed. >>> 7:03. pg&e expects to restore power today to most of the areas experiencing outages from yesterday's storm. the utility has returned power to another 200 customers in the past two hours. the north bay and east bay regions now have 625 without power and the east bay, 595 and the south bay, 655, still in the dark. >>> police say a chase started hen they tried to stop a car speeding in san jose. it turns out the suspect, 27- year-old rohilio pena, ran on foot. he wa
residents in napa still county still closely watching the napa river. but there's good news -- the river is expected to stay below flood stage. several roads cover a peach orchard and several other vineyards were flooded. >> deer park, silverado, pretty flooded, where the peachtrees are. >> reporter: and st. helena, recorded almost 4 inches of rain in just 24 hours. the flood warning for the russian river has been canceled. forecasters say it will not jump over the banks near...
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across napa valley, incredible flooding there. the napa valley seeing some of its worst rainfall in years. look at these numbers. petrolia, california, over 17 inches. bridgeville, 15 inches. that's an incredible amount of rain. to see that much rainfall is truly remarkable. we are seeing more in the way of rainfall across seattle and portland it has stopped for today in the san francisco area. some of the rainfall yesterday fell in the form of snow, snow levels at about 5,000 feet. i suppose it could have been worse. elsewhere, looking at a foggy travel across the lower great lakes. we'll talk more about that in the next half hour. guys, back up to you. >> rob marciano, thank you. >>> as each day ticks by, the nation edges closer to going over the fiscal cliff. democrats and republicans cannot agree how to raise revenue and cut spending. on january 1st, as many of you know, taxes go up and doeep spending cuts take effect. the sunday talk shows reflect how far apart they are what we will not do is extend those tax cut force the we
across napa valley, incredible flooding there. the napa valley seeing some of its worst rainfall in years. look at these numbers. petrolia, california, over 17 inches. bridgeville, 15 inches. that's an incredible amount of rain. to see that much rainfall is truly remarkable. we are seeing more in the way of rainfall across seattle and portland it has stopped for today in the san francisco area. some of the rainfall yesterday fell in the form of snow, snow levels at about 5,000 feet. i suppose...
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napa valley tremendous rainfall there. napa river up and over its floodbanks. the sacramento river also in flood stage. in some cases, almost a foot and a half of rainfall in this five-day period. raining right now in seattle to portland. not raining right now in sacramento and san francisco. but that will likely change as we get through tomorrow, at least tonight into tomorrow. yesterday, punch was pretty strong and you saw the damage from that. our next system about to come in. it will start in the pacific northwest tonight and tomorrow morning and eventually drift down to the south. shouldn't be as strong as far as wind and rain like what we saw the past three. also big issue with fog this morning across the great lakes, down across the southeast. very, very warm from across the eastern sector of the u.s., and with that comes a little bit of fog. >> that's so unusual for california, isn't it? a lot of times reporting there. in that area like that to that degree. thank you for the update. >>> congress heads back to work this morning as the clock is ticking do
napa valley tremendous rainfall there. napa river up and over its floodbanks. the sacramento river also in flood stage. in some cases, almost a foot and a half of rainfall in this five-day period. raining right now in seattle to portland. not raining right now in sacramento and san francisco. but that will likely change as we get through tomorrow, at least tonight into tomorrow. yesterday, punch was pretty strong and you saw the damage from that. our next system about to come in. it will start...